ART,CULTURE & FESTIVALS
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Art Gallery
Besides being the most modern city of india, it has always
earned the distinction of its contribution to raise and feed the art and culture in Indian
societies. Artists such as Sohan Dadri, S.S.Dutta, Roop Chand, R.S. Rania and Shiv Singh
were the leading artists of that time and continued their artistic activities then the
only paper being published in chandigarh "The Tribune" introduced a column on
art and only then an awareness was created on art. Today, there are at least five art
gallri where regular exhibitions are held, Besides the modern art, the work of artists
like Aditya Prakash, Roop Chand, Balvinder Singh, Dev, H.S.Kular,Malkit Singh and
H.S.Purewal give an impression of folk art tradition. Amrita Shergill became the pioneer
painter to depict the country's nationality and artistic tradition.Afterwards,
landscaping, came as an independent form of painting.The mural paintings by Prem Singh,
Balvinder Singh and Gurcharn Singh came in existence in 1977. The credit for all the
artistic activities in the city since 1966 goes to Dr.M.S.Randhawa who struggled hard to
develop this town into an important art centre. For the cultural apsurge of the town,
again, the credit goes to Dr. M.S.Randhawa, chief commissioner (1966-68) who founded the
Punjab Lalit Kala Aademi, Sangeet Natak Akademi and Sahitya Akademi. Being the most modern
city it was also upsurging in the cultural way. A number of cultural festivals being
organised through out the year like rose festivals, life-style exhibitions, dog shows and
also mushairas. Fashion shows and city carnivals are among them. The hi-fashioned city
beautiful is still going that way with more new and fascinating activities
Many festivals & cultural events take place along
with other holidays, in and near the city, including many Festivals,Exhibitions ,Carnivals
and Fashion Shows throughout the year. 
The Rose Festival is celebrated at Rose Garden in the month of
February end or beginning of March.The Chandigarh Carnival is celebrated in the month of
November . Its a celebration for Students to show their talents and actions in a number of
competitions.
The Cactus Show is celebrated at the Cactus Garden in Panchkula in
the month of March. Its almost 7 kms. from Sector 17 in Chandigarh.
The Teez Festival is celebrated at Rock Garden in the month of
August . Its a festival for females, they get together at a place and its a grand picnic
with joys, songs, dances, painting . One can see every female dressed up with full
jewelery like newly weds.
The Chrysanthemum Show is celebrated in the Terrace Garden of Sector
33 in the month of December . Many varieties of flowers are on display and competitions
are held related to gardening.
At Sukhna Lake one can enjoy, joy rides for children on toy train
and other machine toys, boat rides, and fishing and other events.
Mostly Saturday Evenings, people gather in sector 17 to witness the
most popular show Plaza Carnival. It's a cultural show with events like songs, dance,
plays and many other items.
Also among all these festivals people celebrate many other events
like Fashion Shows, Rock Shows, other Music & Dance Shows.
ARCHITECTURE
Architecture is a visual art and the visual impact created by
architecture on the being of man for whom it is built should be as beautiful as can be
made chandigarh is a grand success story in the annals of modern architecture its a
revolutionary experiment which came up as reality. Today Chandigarh is 114 sq. kilometres
of inigorating asthetics. It combines architectural elegancy with wide treelined avenues,
green belts and gardens and offers a pleasent living experience to its residents and
visitors. The first master plan of chandigarh was prepared in 1949 by the American
firm of Mayom Whittlesley and glass in association with Mathew Nowicki. Accidently,
Nowicki died in an air crash while returning to USA. Therefore, the selection of a new
team for planning the city was a necessity/ necessary. Then, in 1951 the world renowned
Architect Le Corbousier was selected, assisted by three senior architects Mr. Maxwellfry,
Miss Jane B.Drew and M.Pierre Jeannerct and supported by an Indian team of architects and
planners including M.N.Sharma, Prabha Walkar, Chaudhary, Dethes Mathur and Aditya Prakash,
for developing the master plan and designing the capital complex and establishing
architectural control. The living habits of this area requires outdoor accomodation as
necessitated by the climate. So, the idea of vertical planning was ruled out and it was
decided to design a horizontal city with enough of open space here and there. The master
plan divides the city into rectanguled modules called sectors, each measuring 800 X 1200
meters with a population varying from 5000 to 20,000 provided with a shopping complex,
school, health centre, places of recreation i.e parks & gardens and also noly places
to worship. There are no sky, scrapers in chandigarh rather the buildings have been built
with meticulously developed and standardised architectural features. As the industrial
area has been built outside the town the city becomes pollution, which adds one more
positive point to the beauty of chandigarh to be praised. Chandigarh is the dream city of
india's first Prime Minister Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru, who once marked in 1952 about
chandigarh.- "Let this be a new town symbolic of freedom of India, unfettered by the
tradition of the past expressions of the nation's faith in future." |
